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IN SB0322
Bill
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Senate Bill 322 - Lead Poisoning of Children Summary
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Requires the state department of health to develop and distribute a one-page informational form to primary health care providers with questions about children's lead exposure, directing providers to order blood lead tests based on family responses.
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Mandates primary health care providers recommend and order blood lead screening tests for children under six years of age identified as "at risk of lead poisoning," with an exception for parents who object on religious grounds.
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Establishes that clinical laboratories must report all blood lead test results for children under 16 to the state health commissioner, triggering public health lead investigations when results show at least 5 micrograms per deciliter.
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Authorizes the state health commissioner to issue lead hazard control orders requiring property owners to eliminate identified lead hazards using approved methods, with noncompliance resulting in prohibition of property use and Class B misdemeanor penalties for tampering with warning signs.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Lead poisoning of children. Requires the state department of health to develop and distribute to primary health care providers a one page informational form that sets forth a series of questions for a child's family concerning the child's exposure to lead and directs a primary health care provider to have a child's blood tested for lead if the child's family gives certain answers to the questions. Requires a primary health care provider who provides well child health care services to a child less than six years of age to recommend a blood lead screening test under certain circumstances and to
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
1/4/2018